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Homemade Beef Bone Broth Recipe from the smoker

Want to win an award for best tasting soup, sauce or stew? Use homemade Beef Bone Broth. After you do it once you will be using it all the time!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 7
Calories 54 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 wood pellet smoker stove top, instant pot, slow cooker
  • 1 baking sheet
  • 1 parchment paper
  • 1 heavy bottom stock pot dutch oven
  • 1 chef's knife
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 vegetable peeler
  • 1 measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 4 lb beef bones oxtail, marrow bones, shanks
  • 4-5 celery sticks, chopped sub: fennel
  • 1 onion, quartered sub: shallots
  • 3-4 carrots, chopped sub: sweet potato, butternut
  • 2 parsnips sub: turnips or rutabaga
  • 1 herbs, thyme, parsley sub: rosemary, cilantro, oregano
  • 2 bay leaves sub: dried oregano
  • 1 tsp whole peppercorns
  • 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar sub: white or red wine vinegar
  • 6-8 cups water

Instructions
 

  • Blanch the bones. Add bones into a pot with water. Bring to boil, simmer for 15 min
  • Drain the water, rinse the bones with cold water.
  • Place the bones on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Roast in the smoker @450F for 45 minutes. I recommend oak or hickory wood pallets.
  • Prepare the veggies, wash, peel, cut.
  • Add celery, carrots, onions and roast together with the bones for another 15 minutes
  • Transfer the roasted veggies and bones into a large stock pot. Add water to cover it all. Add spices and aromatics.
  • Cook in a smoker set to 350F for approximately 4 -6 hours

Notes

Use Variety of Bones - oxtail, marrow, knuckle bones, beef shanks, soup bones; Marrow bones add richness, while knuckle and joint bones contribute collagen for a hearty broth. You can also use chicken bones, like feet or necks. 
Blanch and roast the bones - blanching helps remove impurities; roasting deepens the flavor of the broth
Don't rush the simmer - beef bones are thick and hard, to extract the most of the nutrients, you need to simmer them for a long time.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupCalories: 54kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 1gFat: 0.2gSaturated Fat: 0.05gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 36mgPotassium: 293mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 4395IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 0.5mg
Keyword beef bone broth, bone broth, broth
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